The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Tuesday
in the Octave of Easter take us to the transformation in the life of Peter as a
consequence of the revelation of God to him about Jesus. The Constitution on
Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum, is the subject of a commentary by GeraldO’Collins SJ, who notes the essential place and power of the self revelation of
God to humanity as the initial dialog of faith and salvation. The passage from the Acts of the Apostles
shows Peter is empowered by the Holy Spirit as he takes in and processes the
revelation of Jesus life, death and resurrection to take on exactly the
intended mission of spreading the Good News through which others will be
prepared for the self revelation of the Divine to them. The deeply personal
nature of Divine revelation and the corporate mission which it launches through
faith and proclamation is detailed in the account from the Gospel of John
wherein Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene in Resurrection to fulfill her
experience of Love and mission her as herald to the Apostles of the Easter
Revelation of the Divine. Our life in faith is to be a revelation of God to
those to whom we are directed today.
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